Genworth Stats Pack - Round 1 Review

5/2/2013 4:41:00 PM

Robert-Jan Derksen (Getty Images)

A breezy first day of golf at the Volvo China Open over the Binhai Lake course produced 39 sub-par rounds and a field average score of 73.94. Robert-Jan Derksen leads on -6 with Raphaël Jacquelin, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Brett Rumford following behind on -4. We analyse how they did it plus we round up the early leaders of the Genworth Statistics.

Robert-Jan DERKSEN -6

Robert-Jan Derksen converted eight birdies during his round of 66 (more than any other player in the field). The 39 year old golfer from the Netherlands has performed steadily so far this year only missing one cut, but he is yet to put in that big performance (his best finish so far is 30th in Dubai). Looking at his first round Genworth Statistics, Robert ranks 1st for Driving Accuracy, 18th for Greens in Regulation and 2nd for Putts per Round. He leads by two.

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Stroke Average

66.00

1

Driving Accuracy

92.9%

1

Driving Distance

286 yds

81

Greens in Reg

77.8%

18

Scrambles

75.0%

17

Sand Saves

100%

1

Putts per GIR

1.571

7

Putts per Round

26.0

2

1 Putts per Rnd

9.00

2

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Par 3 Scoring

2.75

4

Par 4 Scoring

3.80

5

Par 5 Scoring

4.25

3

Eagles per Rnd

0.00

7

Birdies per Rnd

8.00

1

Pars per Rnd

8.00

-

Bogeys per Rnd

2.00

22

Others per Rnd

0.00

1

Par 5's in 2

0

19

Kiradech APHIBARNRAT -4

Kiradech Aphibarnrat has started strongly once again this week. The 23 year old rising star from Thailand (who currently ranks 1st on the 2013 Genworth Stroke Average Rankings) hit 10/14 fairways, 13/18 Greens in Regulation and he took just 27 putts over the first 18 holes. It will be interesting to see how he performs over the rest of the week. Another big finish will get lots of people talking about him.

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Stroke Average

68.00

2

Driving Accuracy

71.4%

51

Driving Distance

304 yds

30

Greens in Reg

72.2%

35

Scrambles

80.0%

12

Sand Saves

0.0%

50

Putts per GIR

1.615

11

Putts per Round

27.0

5

1 Putts per Rnd

9.00

2

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Par 3 Scoring

3.25

78

Par 4 Scoring

3.70

2

Par 5 Scoring

4.50

9

Eagles per Rnd

0.00

7

Birdies per Rnd

5.00

6

Pars per Rnd

12.00

-

Bogeys per Rnd

1.00

6

Others per Rnd

0.00

1

Par 5's in 2

0

19

Raphaël JACQUELIN -4

Raphaël Jacquelin navigated his way around the Binhai Lake course without dropping any shots today. Following his marathon play-off win in Spain two weeks ago, not surprisingly the 38 year old Frenchman missed the cut last week in Korea. But that may have given him some much needed recovery time in order to prepare for this week as his form looks to have picked up again.

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Stroke Average

68.00

2

Driving Accuracy

78.6%

25

Driving Distance

283 yds

87

Greens in Reg

83.3%

8

Scrambles

100%

1

Sand Saves

100%

1

Putts per GIR

1.733

29

Putts per Round

29.0

20

1 Putts per Rnd

7.00

21

Tournament Stats

Result

Rank

Par 3 Scoring

2.75

4

Par 4 Scoring

3.80

5

Par 5 Scoring

4.75

31

Eagles per Rnd

0.00

7

Birdies per Rnd

4.00

16

Pars per Rnd

14.00

-

Bogeys per Rnd

0.00

1

Others per Rnd

0.00

1

Par 5's in 2

0

19

Brett RUMFORD -4

The same as Raphaël Jacquelin, Brett Rumford also navigated his way around the Binhai Lake course without dropping any shots today (the only other player to do so was Aaron Townsend). Fresh off a win last week in Korea, the 35 year old Australian golfer is still playing great hitting 11/14 fairways, 13/18 Greens in Regulation and just 26 putts over the first round.

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Genworth and the European Tour present the Genworth Stats Pack, comprising of 5 reports per event (pre-event, after rounds 1, 2 and 3, and post-event). The reports will provide unique, interesting and useful information derived from expert analysis of the Genworth Statistics and several other sources, for example course information. The European Tour and Genworth truly hope this new tool will become essential in helping enhance the usability and understanding of the Genworth Statistics.